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| INDIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.57 % of GNI
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[27th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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497 |
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[21st of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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1 |
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[52nd of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.39 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[57th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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1,007,980 |
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[5th of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and growing population is overstraining natural resources |
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Ecological footprint
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1.06 |
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[109th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[18th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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22.77 % of land area
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[115th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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390 |
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[8th of 145]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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293,938 |
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[4th of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
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253 |
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[5th of 25]
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Protected area
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4.8 |
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[82nd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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1,150 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[47th of 141]
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Threatened species
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193 |
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[7th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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75 |
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[3rd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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1.56 thousand cubic metres |
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[93rd of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.97 tons/cubic km |
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[32nd of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.33 %
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[50th of 114]
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Wildness
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1.94% |
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[82nd of 141]
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; ; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Jacaranda Atlas; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). via ciesin.org; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the lastwild places on the earth's surface. via ciesin.org
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